Nirmala Lakshman won the Sharjah Award for Best International Non-Fiction Book, for her book The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community.
The fifth edition of the India–US bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise, Tiger Triumph 2026, commenced at the Maritime Warfare Centre, Visakhapatnam.
A documentary titled Mothers of Courage won the 2026 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) Action Award in the Creativity category.
The International Day of Radiology (IDoR) is celebrated every year on November 8, marking Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s discovery of X-rays in 1895 and highlighting the importance of medical imaging in healthcare.
The theme for the year 2026 is “Upholding Patient Safety”.
World Urbanism Day, also known as World Town Planning Day, is observed every year on November 8 to highlight the importance of urban planning in creating healthy and livable communities.